Ford Model 18
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The Ford Model 18 was Ford’s landmark 1932 automobile best known for introducing the company’s first mass-produced flathead V8 engine, making powerful performance widely affordable.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ford Model 18 canonical | 3 |
| 1932 Ford | 2 |
| 1932 Ford V8 | 1 |
| ’32 Ford | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6243550 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ford Model 18 Context triple: [Ford Model B (1932), sharesBodyWith, Ford Model 18]
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A.
Ford Model 40
The Ford Model 40 was Ford's 1933–1934 line of cars that updated the 1932 design with more refined styling and improved V8 performance, becoming a popular early classic in American automotive history.
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B.
Ford Model 48
The Ford Model 48 was a popular mid-1930s full-size car that helped establish Ford’s V8-powered vehicles as affordable mass-market automobiles.
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C.
Ford Model N
The Ford Model N was an early, affordable four-cylinder car produced by Ford Motor Company in the mid-1900s that helped establish the brand’s reputation before its later mass-market successes.
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D.
Ford Model R
The Ford Model R was an early 1907 upgrade of Ford’s popular Model N, featuring a more refined body and additional equipment as a mid-priced runabout.
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E.
Ford Model B (1932)
The Ford Model B (1932) was an early 1930s Ford automobile notable for introducing Ford’s updated four-cylinder engine alongside the landmark flathead V8 in the closely related Model 18.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ford Model 18 Target entity description: The Ford Model 18 was Ford’s landmark 1932 automobile best known for introducing the company’s first mass-produced flathead V8 engine, making powerful performance widely affordable.
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A.
Ford Model 40
The Ford Model 40 was Ford's 1933–1934 line of cars that updated the 1932 design with more refined styling and improved V8 performance, becoming a popular early classic in American automotive history.
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B.
Ford Model 48
The Ford Model 48 was a popular mid-1930s full-size car that helped establish Ford’s V8-powered vehicles as affordable mass-market automobiles.
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C.
Ford Model N
The Ford Model N was an early, affordable four-cylinder car produced by Ford Motor Company in the mid-1900s that helped establish the brand’s reputation before its later mass-market successes.
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D.
Ford Model R
The Ford Model R was an early 1907 upgrade of Ford’s popular Model N, featuring a more refined body and additional equipment as a mid-priced runabout.
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E.
Ford Model B (1932)
The Ford Model B (1932) was an early 1930s Ford automobile notable for introducing Ford’s updated four-cylinder engine alongside the landmark flathead V8 in the closely related Model 18.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | automobile model ⓘ |
| assemblyLocation |
Dearborn, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Dearborn, Michigan, United States
various Ford plants in the United States ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
Edsel Ford
ⓘ
Henry Ford ⓘ |
| bodyConstruction | steel body ⓘ |
| bodyStyle |
2-door cabriolet
ⓘ
2-door coupe ⓘ 2-door roadster ⓘ 4-door sedan ⓘ pickup truck ⓘ station wagon ⓘ |
| brakeType | mechanical drum brakes ⓘ |
| category |
classic car
ⓘ
vintage American automobile ⓘ |
| chassis | 1932 Ford chassis ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designer | Ford engineering team under Henry Ford ⓘ |
| doorConfiguration |
2-door
ⓘ
4-door ⓘ |
| engineBrand |
Ford Flathead V8
ⓘ
linked to:
Ford flathead V8
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| engineConfiguration | V8 engine ⓘ |
| engineDisplacement |
221 cubic inches
ⓘ
3.6 liters ⓘ |
| engineValvetrain | side-valve (flathead) ⓘ |
| era | pre-war automobile ⓘ |
| fuelType | gasoline ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | helped popularize V8 engines in mass-market cars ⓘ |
| introducedEngineType | Ford flathead V8 ⓘ |
| layout | front-engine, rear-wheel-drive ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Ford Motor Company ⓘ |
| marketSegment | low-priced V8 car ⓘ |
| modelYear | 1932 ⓘ |
| nickname |
Deuce
ⓘ
’32 Ford ⓘ
linked to:
Ford Model 18
|
| notableFor |
first mass-produced affordable V8-powered car by Ford
ⓘ
popular choice for early hot rodding ⓘ |
| platformUsage | basis for many custom hot rods ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Ford Model A (1927–1931)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ford Model A (1927)
|
| productionStartYear | 1932 ⓘ |
| productionStatus | discontinued ⓘ |
| relatedModel | Ford Model B (1932) ⓘ |
| successor | 1933 Ford V8 models ⓘ |
| transmission | 3-speed manual ⓘ |
| wheelbase | 106 inches ⓘ |
| yearOfV8IntroductionAtFord | 1932 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ford Model 18 Description of subject: The Ford Model 18 was Ford’s landmark 1932 automobile best known for introducing the company’s first mass-produced flathead V8 engine, making powerful performance widely affordable.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ford Model 18
linked to: Ford Model 18
linked to: Ford Model 18
linked to: Ford Model 18